House Republicans Plan Vote to Remove Rep. Omar from Foreign Affairs Committee

House Republicans are planning to vote as soon as Thursday to oust Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., from the Foreign Affairs Committee over what they say are her antisemitic remarks in the past — marking an escalation in a long-running battle between the parties over committee assignments. 

Speaker Kevin McCarthy and his leadership team had seen a handful of GOP defections that threatened to derail their push to remove Omar, given their razor-thin majority.

But this week, those defectors began to fall in line. On Tuesday, Rep. Victoria Spartz, R-Ind., flipped her vote to yes after meeting with McCarthy and securing language in the Omar resolution that would give lawmakers a chance to appeal removal from committees.

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